Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Brentford and Isleworth (/ˈaɪzəlwərθ/ ^ⓘ EYE-zəl-wərth) is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It forms the eastern part of the London Borough of Hounslow. Since 2015, it has been represented by Ruth Cadbury of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Brentford and Isleworth
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brentford and Isleworth in Greater London
County	Greater London
Population	128,556 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	83,332 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Ruth Cadbury (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Brentford & Chiswick and Heston & Isleworth

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will move Whitton from Twickenham into the constituency and move Chiswick to the newly named constituency of Hammersmith and Chiswick, to be first contested at the next general election.^[3]

Boundaries

 

Map of current boundaries

1974–1983: The London Borough of Hounslow wards of Clifden, Gunnersbury, Homefields, Hounslow Central, Hounslow South, Isleworth North, Isleworth South, Riverside, Spring Grove, and Turnham Green.

1983–1997: The above wards as renamed: Brentford Clifden, Chiswick Homefields, Chiswick Riverside, Gunnersbury, Hounslow Central, Hounslow South, Isleworth North, Isleworth South, Spring Grove, and Turnham Green.

1997–2010: As above plus Hounslow West.

2010–present: Wards in the same borough: Brentford, Chiswick Homefields, Chiswick Riverside, Hounslow Central, Hounslow Heath, Hounslow South, Isleworth, Osterley and Spring Grove, Syon, and Turnham Green.

Proposed

 

Brentford and Isleworth (2023 boundaries)

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 4 May 2022):

• The London Borough of Hounslow wards of: Brentford East; Brentford West; Heston East; Hounslow Central; Hounslow East; Hounslow Heath; Hounslow South; Isleworth; Osterley & Spring Grove; Syon & Brentford Lock.

• The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames ward of Whitton.^[4]

The eastern most part of the constituency, comprising the district of Chiswick will be included in the newly created constituency of Hammersmith and Chiswick. To partly compensate, the Hounslow Borough ward of Heston East and the Richmond upon Thames ward of Whitton will be transferred in from Feltham and Heston, and Twickenham respectively.

Constituency profile

The seat is a mixture of very suburban London and urban district centres with many differing heights and types of homes. It stretches along the north bank of the Thames and then to the west, encompassing the London districts (former villages) of Chiswick, most of Hounslow, Isleworth (from Old Isleworth to Osterley) and the former market town of Brentford.

The seat is affluent nearest the Thames and Osterley Park, yet it has a few tall tower blocks and other council housing set back from it in parts of Isleworth and Brentford. Brentford has a wide range and long history of social housing, which is mostly, by a narrow margin, private housing, following the 1980s Right to Buy reform. Locally, 21st century development includes a large proportion of shared ownership and housing authority homes. The seat has seen more unemployment (11.7% in 2017) than London (5.3%) or the UK (4.4%) overall.^[5]

About three wards make up Hounslow in the west, and two for Brentford in the centre, which, excluding its expensive Quay and North Quarter parts, have an above-average rank in the Index of Multiple Deprivation; many of these homes are affordable for workers on lower incomes, and are generally strong for the Labour Party. In the far east of the seat are three Chiswick wards that return Conservative councillors. Chiswick's large public sector economic component, and relatively young profile for a wealthy area sees a three-way or broader split in its general election votes. The only part of the seat with a London postcode - W4, it abounds with high-income office workers, small-to-mid-size business directors and senior governmental workers. Its parks, gardens, long Thames riverside, proximity to Hammersmith, united Piccadilly and District tube lines and housing stock mean it resembles the neighbouring Richmond Park seat socio-economically.^[6] The wards of Osterley, Spring Grove and Hounslow South have long alternated between, or generated a split result between, Conservative and Labour councillors, and there is no evidence to suggest they lean more to the left of their local results at general elections.

The Liberal Democrats (including their two predecessor parties) took their largest share of the vote here in 2010, but they have lacked local councillors, and the party received less than a quarter of the vote in what was essentially a three-candidate race.

The Green Party kept its deposits in three of the four contests before 2017. In the election that year it chose not to field a candidate, in order to help Labour defend its 400-vote majority.

Economy

The Brentford Community Stadium, home of Brentford F.C., is within the seat, as is Fuller's Brewery, and various headquarters of multinational and market-leading domestic companies, including GlaxoSmithKline and BSkyB. The districts have tube or rail services to the east and west of London (to Heathrow Airport, Ealing and/or Weybridge), which are major centres of employment.

Political history (summary)

From 1979 until 2015, the seat proved to be a national bellwether. The 2015 result gave the seat the 4th most marginal majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.^[7] During the seat's existence, the two largest parties nationally have jostled for the winning candidate. In 2015, Labour gained the seat, despite the Conservatives winning a majority nationally, thus ending its streak as a bellwether constituency.

Split of votes in local council elections

Main article: Hounslow London Borough Council elections

In 2010, council seats split evenly (15—15) between the two main parties, reflecting the result of the general election held on the same day, in which the parliamentary seat was narrowly gained by the Conservatives. From 1998 to 2001, three wards at the centre of the constituency returned Independent Community Group councillors, reaching seven seats at their peak. These wards were taken by Labour in 2010.

Labour added Hounslow South in 2014, and took one of the three Osterley and Spring Grove seats, leaving them with 19 seats and the Conservatives with 11. In 2018, Labour gained the remaining Conservative seats in Osterley and Spring Grove, which gave Labour 21 seats to the Conservatives on 9.

Members of Parliament

The constituency was created in 1974, mostly replacing the former seat of Brentford and Chiswick.

Election		Member^[8]	Party
	Feb 1974	Sir Barney Hayhoe	Conservative
	1992	Nirj Deva	Conservative
	1997	Ann Keen	Labour
	2010	Mary Macleod	Conservative
	2015	Ruth Cadbury	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Brentford and Isleworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Cadbury^[9]
	Liberal Democrats	Kuldev Sehra^[10]
	Workers Party	Nisar Malik^[11]
	Green	Freya Summersgill^[12]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Brentford and Isleworth^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Cadbury	29,266	50.2	-7.2
	Conservative	Seena Shah	18,752	32.2	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Cross	7,314	12.5	+7.5
	Green	Daniel Goldsmith	1,829	3.1	New
	Brexit Party	Lucy O'Sullivan	1,165	2.0	New
Majority			10,514	18.0	-1.8
Turnout			58,326	68.0	-4.4
Registered electors			85,770
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

 

Results of UK House of Commons seat Brentford and Isleworth since 2005.

General election 2017: Brentford and Isleworth^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Cadbury	35,364	57.4	+13.6
	Conservative	Mary Macleod	23,182	37.6	-5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Bourke	3,083	5.0	+1.0
Majority			12,182	19.8	+19.0
Turnout			61,629	72.4	+4.6
Registered electors			85,164
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.5

General election 2015: Brentford and Isleworth^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Cadbury^[19]	25,096	43.8	+10.2
	Conservative	Mary Macleod^[19]	24,631	42.9	+5.7
	UKIP	Richard Hendron ^[20]	3,203	5.6	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Bourke^[21]	2,305	4.0	-19.7
	Green	Daniel Goldsmith^[19]	2,120	3.7	+2.2
Majority			465	0.9	N/A
Turnout			57,355	67.8	+3.4
Registered electors			84,602
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.2

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Brentford and Isleworth

General election 2010: Brentford and Isleworth^[22][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Macleod	20,022	37.2	+6.5
	Labour	Ann Keen	18,064	33.6	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew S. Dakers	12,718	23.7	+0.7
	UKIP	Jason D. Hargreaves	863	1.6	New
	Green	John G. Hunt	787	1.5	−2.1
	BNP	Paul Winnett	704	1.3	New
	English Democrat	David B. Cunningham	230	0.4	New
	Christian	Aamir J. Bhatti	210	0.4	New
	CPA	Evangeline Pillai	99	0.2	New
	Independent	Teresa M. Vanneck-Surplice	68	0.1	New
Majority			1,958	3.6	N/A
Turnout			53,765	64.4	+11.5
Registered electors			83,546
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.95

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Brentford and Isleworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Keen	18,329	39.8	−12.5
	Conservative	Alexander B. Northcote	13,918	30.2	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew S. Dakers	10,477	22.8	+9.3
	Green	John G. Hunt	1,652	3.6	+0.6
	Community Group	Philip Andrews	1,118	2.4	New
	National Front	Michael R. Stoneman	523	1.1	New
Majority			4,411	9.6	-13.6
Turnout			46,017	54.5	+0.8
Registered electors			88,236
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.8

General election 2001: Brentford and Isleworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Keen	23,275	52.3	−5.1
	Conservative	Timothy Mack	12,957	29.1	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Hartwell	5,994	13.5	+5.3
	Green	Nicholas Ferriday	1,324	3.0	+1.8
	UKIP	Gerald Ingram	412	0.9	−0.2
	Socialist Alliance	Daniel Faith	408	0.9	New
	Independent	Asa Khaira	144	0.3	New
Majority			10,318	23.2	-2.6
Turnout			44,514	53.7	−15.8
Registered electors			82,878
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Brentford and Isleworth^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Keen	32,249	57.4	+14.7
	Conservative	Nirj Deva	17,825	31.8	−13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Hartwell	4,613	8.2	−1.9
	Green	John W. Bradley	687	1.2	-0.5
	UKIP	B. Simmerson	614	1.1	New
	Natural Law	Morris Ahmed	147	0.3	New
Majority			14,424	25.6	N/A
Turnout			56,135	69.5	-6.7
Registered electors			80,722
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.3

General election 1992: Brentford and Isleworth^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nirj Deva	24,752	45.8	−1.9
	Labour	Ann Keen	22,666	42.0	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Janet C.N. Salmon	5,683	10.5	−7.0
	Green	John W. Bradley	927	1.7	+0.2
Majority			2,086	3.8	-10.3
Turnout			54,024	76.2	-0.5
Registered electors			70,880
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Brentford and Isleworth^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barney Hayhoe	26,230	47.7	+0.3
	Labour	Ann Keen	18,277	33.6	+3.9
	SDP	David Wilks	9,626	17.5	−4.6
	Green	Timothy Cooper	849	1.5	New
Majority			7,953	14.1	-4.0
Turnout			54,983	76.7	+2.0
Registered electors			71,715
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.8

General election 1983: Brentford and Isleworth^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barney Hayhoe	24,515	47.4	−2.0
	Labour	Peter Rowlands	15,128	29.3	−11.1
	SDP	David Wilks	11,438	22.1	+14.5
	National Front	P. Andrews	427	0.8	−0.5
	Conservatives Against the Common Market	R.E.G. Simmerson	179	0.8	+0.3
Majority			9,387	18.1	+9.1
Turnout			51,683	74.7	−3.4
Registered electors			69,170
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Brentford and Isleworth^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barney Hayhoe	27,527	49.4	+6.2
	Labour	Peter Walker^[29]	22,533	40.4	−2.3
	Liberal	John Parry^[29]	4,208	7.6	−3.9
	National Front	Peter Attridge^[29]	738	1.3	−1.3
	Ecology	Irene Coates^[29]	454	0.8	New
	Conservatives Against the Common Market	Reginald Simmerson^[29]	257	0.5	New
Majority			4,994	9.0	+8.6
Turnout			55,714	78.1	+4.8
Registered electors			71,337
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.3

General election October 1974: Brentford and Isleworth^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barney Hayhoe	22,527	43.2	+2.6
	Labour	P.J. Walker	22,295	42.7	+3.4
	Liberal	R. Blundell	6,019	11.5	−5.5
	National Front	T. Benford	1,362	2.6	−0.5
Majority			232	0.4	-0.9
Turnout			52,203	73.3	−5.7
Registered electors			71,199
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.4

General election February 1974: Brentford and Isleworth^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barney Hayhoe	22,690	40.6
	Labour	Michael Barnes	21,964	39.3
	Liberal	David Cyril Blackburn	9,502	17.0
	National Front	T. Benford	1,741	3.1
Majority			726	1.3
Turnout			55,894	79.0
Registered electors			70,735
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in London

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Brentford and Isleworth — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
• (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)

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